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Racial injustice on 'Grey's Anatomy' has viewers both in tears and enraged
aol ^ | April 16, 2021 | KYLIE MAR

Posted on 04/16/2021 11:28:44 PM PDT by MarvinStinson

Thursday night's episode of Grey's Anatomy addressed the issues of racial injustice and police brutality, as peaceful protestors were brought into Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital after being shot by tear gas canisters and rubber-coated bullets. As heartbreaking as the episode was, the moment that drew the biggest response, was when Maggie's boyfriend Winston, who is Black, was pulled over by two white police officers.

The scenario, which we've seen go wrong countless times in the past , most recently, with the shooting of Daunte Wright, had viewers taking to social media both in tears and enraged. In fact, the situation, which was heightened due to the fact that Winston attempted to remain on the phone with Maggie, was eerily similar to recent reports that Wright was on the phone with his mother .

Fortunately, unlike the many cases in real life, Winston was okay. Granted he was shaken up, Winston was just fine as he called Maggie to tell her that they had let him go. The reason it had taken so long was because they made him exit his vehicle, take off his mask, take a DUI test, and then checked his trunk. Due to the fact that he was driving across the country to move closer to Maggie, his car was full of his belongings. During the scene, all of Winston's things were pulled out of his car and completely pulled apart.

Many viewers took to Twitter both in tears and enraged:

Say it with me. He didn’t do anything wrong, he didn’t deserve this.

— ellie April 16, 2021

The heartbreaking episode ended with Winston in tears on the side of the road as he told Maggie over the phone, "I'm not good. I'm not okay yet, you know? I just gotta breathe a little bit."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: thuglife; tv
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To: MarvinStinson

Is that show still on the air?


41 posted on 04/17/2021 6:49:00 AM PDT by x
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To: ConservativeMind

New Amsterdam, the lead heart surgeon is black male, lead Oncologist black female, Hospital head white male, lead surgeon Asian male. ER was triaged. Free hospital all were welcome. Another lead male Dr was Indian/Buddhist. Went and ruined it.

I miss Dr Welby, Dr Kildare, Dr Ben Casey.


42 posted on 04/17/2021 6:54:01 AM PDT by GailA (Constitution vs evil Treasonous political Apparatchiks)
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To: ConservativeMind

TV dramas are competing to see who can produce the most tear-jerking america-is-racist episode(s).

New Amsterdam had its medical chief taking down pix of old 'white' medical men of destinction. [That was when I deleted the episode and future recordings from my TIVO.]

The Rookie had its mean 'white' rookie trainer series, in which the trainer gets fired.

I call SWAT Social Working At Ten. I finally deleted it from future TIVO recording.

I have deleted more unfinished episodes and series of various TV dramas because of this trend than I have watched. They are basically the same plots and/or narratives.


43 posted on 04/17/2021 8:01:10 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: ConservativeMind
A similar story happened on the lastest The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.

I read an article about that particular incident. Apparently there is this thing called a TOTS, which means "Tune Out Time Stamp." On streaming services, they know exactly when you start and when you stop watching a show.

Well there was a very interesting thing which happened during this particular episode of "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier." During the incident in question, their audience evaporated. The Tune Out Time Stamp indicated that right after they portrayed this encounter between the police and a black guy on screen, 83% of the audience left the show.

The article I read indicated that this shocked Disney program management people and that it will likely cause them to avoid this sort of crap propaganda attempts in the future.

44 posted on 04/17/2021 2:51:33 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: DiogenesLamp

Fascinating! I will look this up.


45 posted on 04/17/2021 2:58:20 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: MarvinStinson

Disney Propaganda


46 posted on 04/17/2021 3:00:17 PM PDT by Fledermaus (The Republican Party is DEAD! It took 160 years but The Whigs Struck Back!)
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To: MarvinStinson

Another reason I don’t bother with network stuff
The other night I watched a new spy series on AMC called Spy City, set in Berlin 1961 and it was pretty good.


47 posted on 04/17/2021 3:00:53 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood (https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3804407/posts?q=1&;page)
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To: ConservativeMind
I think this is the thread where I read this.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3949206/posts

48 posted on 04/17/2021 3:01:28 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: TomGuy

They are pulling the emotional strings.
Per Denis Prager:
“The left wants you to care so much about feelings that you will willingly deny objective truth in service of them.
Why?
Because your feelings are so easy to manipulate.
(the truth, not so much.)


49 posted on 04/17/2021 4:35:43 PM PDT by JackFromTexas (- Not For Hire -)
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To: DiogenesLamp

Thank you for that, sir.


50 posted on 04/17/2021 8:54:23 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: JackFromTexas

Aliyah🙃✨

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Apr 15
This scene got me so mad I wanna cry with him


51 posted on 04/18/2021 1:36:50 AM PDT by MarvinStinson ( )
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To: Captain Peter Blood

♡t
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Apr 15
this scene broke my heart. i’m in pieces.

#greysanatomy #blacklivesmatter


52 posted on 04/18/2021 1:38:47 AM PDT by MarvinStinson ( )
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To: conejo99

abby

Apr 15

this is disgusting and so heart breaking.

BLACK LIVES MATTER TODAY, TOMORROW, AND FOREVER.


53 posted on 04/18/2021 1:40:44 AM PDT by MarvinStinson ( )
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To: Apparatchik

quinn ♡ SPRING CHICKEN ERA

this is not okay. the fact this happens EVERY DAY in real life is insane. we need to change this. this was over a BIKE. i hate this world.


54 posted on 04/18/2021 1:42:20 AM PDT by MarvinStinson ( )
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To: MarvinStinson

I sincerely hope that you spend so much effort crying over fake sh!t on TV that you lack the desire or time to vote or to procreate.


55 posted on 04/18/2021 3:12:04 PM PDT by Apparatchik (If you find yourself in a confusing situation, simply laugh knowingly and walk away - Jim Ignatowski)
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To: fwdude

+1. I’m tired of being called a racist in a racist society. My taxes are way too high. I should be being thanked for paying more than my fair share. If I am going to guilty, I might as well be guilty.


56 posted on 04/18/2021 3:45:29 PM PDT by wgmalabama (Tag line for rent. )
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To: MarvinStinson

That stupid show is still on?


57 posted on 04/18/2021 3:45:58 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Given that ellen pompeo is a miscegenator, and the leftism of the show from the beginning, it’s only surprising that it took THIS long for them to do episodes like that.


58 posted on 04/19/2021 10:34:40 AM PDT by PhineasSpear (PhineasSpear)
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